Mantis 7920 2-Cycle Plus Tiller / Cultivator

We had one of these for about 40 years. Works great. We have raised bed garden boxes and it’s perfect for those. Goes deeper than most small tillers.

Not a bad little tiller at all! I own a larger self propelled rear tine tiller that I’d used previously that did a good job but was a work out to use and much larger than I really needed. I’ve since placed it for sale and purchase the Mantis. This is a perfect little machine for the average home or small homestead gardeners. Very simple assembly, I’m certain even the most non skilled person would understand the assembly instructions. Lightweight, easy to carry from shop to garden and if toting isn’t your thing, fire it up and lightly depress the throttle and the tines will walk itself, they will lightly dig in however. Probably not recommended but it works when moving around the garden for me. Fuel consumption seems adequate enough, I can till my entire garden on less than a tank. Quieter than I expected too. I like to till deep and this Mantis does the job, just remember that unlike a typical tiller, you will pull the machine towards you, it takes some practice to follow a straight line for uniform rows. Rock back and forth and even angle the machine in the row a bit to dig deep. I’m thoroughly pleased with this tiller and wish I had gotten on sooner.UPDATE:This spring we’ve had an inground pool installed and the process wrecked our yard and left behind are huge mounds of left over dirt. Solution, use this dirt to repair lawn damage and fill in low spots in the rest of the yard. Problem, that’s a lot of dirt. Problem, the dirt mounds are tough to shovel. Solution, my handy dandy Mantis tiller to the rescue. Since it’s to lightweight I can easily work it on these huge mounds of clay and dirt, bust it up and easily shovel into the bed of our UTV and transport where we need it. I’m working the hell out of my little machine and it’s a beast.

I bought my first Mantis Rototiller in 1996, when you could only buy them from T.V. advertising. We grew a vegetable garden in our yard every year. My brother was a contractor who did landscaping in new housing tracts. He told me to put Blood & Bone meal in my garden in the spring. The Mantis is like a blender, light weight, easy to handle. And made growing a garden much easier. In 2011 I was retired, and we moved to the Kern River Valley, to a house with 1/2 acre of property. Around 2016 my Mantis quit working. I didn't see anything wrong with it. I looked it over again and all that was wrong was I left a full tank of gas in it all the time since I bought it. That would be 20 years, and the gas line in the tank dissolved. I still have the old one and it still works, and they recently had them on sale on Amazon. I couldn't resist buying another one. It was $349.00, in 1996 they cost $300.00. Not a bad price for 27 years later. Makes growing a garden and digging up weeds a lot easier.

The Mantis tiller is a piece of junk. It was hard to start. It works like a child's toy. The handles are wobbly. It did not penetrate soil, is very awkward to use and goes in a backward motion. Hard to control the speed because of trying to hang onto the wobbly handlebars. Amazon sent me on an endless loop when I tried to return. Very disappointed in both the tiller and Amazon return.UPDATE: After multiple attempts, finally spoke to a real person at Amazon. They gave me full credit for Mantis tiller, and said to donate or dispose of it in whatever manner I chose.

The media could not be loaded. Each year I rent one of these to open my gardens. This year I decided it was worth it to me to own one myself.You can not beat the quality. It is very lightweight and easy to maneuver and it is extremely powerful and durable.Video is first time I started the tiller. One handed!Picture is exactly ten minutes later. I was able to open an entire flower bed full of clay and rocks.So very happy with purchase.Delivery was fast and customer service at Mantis was very quick to answer any of my questions.Very happy to own my Mantis.🌱

The assembly was straightforward. Found out that the shut off switch on the handle didn’t work. Found that the ground wire “looped crimp connector” failed. Replaced it and now shut off switch works.I filled up the gas, can with ethanol free gas, and added marine grade stablil.This thing runs like a champ, and it really works great. We removed 40 feet of old shrubs along the side of the house. Then we tilled the entire area with this. Very impressed. Time will tell how well it lasts.

These tillers are so light weight and easy to use. I was skeptical, but now am so impressed with the power and ability get the job done. Not fatiquing to use like the big heavy ones and much eaier to manuever. I have a full size tiller, but always reach for the Mantis, rarely use the big one now.

Open the top and the bottom of the box. Leave the motor assembly in the cardboard cradle to assemble. The nuts are lock nuts that barely start by hand then use wrench to tighten. No lock tite required. The tines are sharp. The 7920 does not have a kick stand. (Home Depot has one for the Echo TC tiller that fits the Mantis for 19.99) I use tru fuel 50-1 premix fuel. It started pretty easily. I tilled a 4’ x 20’ raised bed and it worked great. Took some effort to control. Way better than hand tools and it really obliterated the dirt clods. Also super light weight.